The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here has conducted its first ever simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplants involving retrieval of pancreas from a deceased donor while the kidney was donated by the sister of a patient. In a statement on Monday, the institute said the magnanimous gesture of the family of the donor, Kundan Baitha, saved four lives. ”Achieving another milestone, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) conducted its first ever simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant where the pancreas was retrieved from a deceased donor while the kidney was donated by the sister of the patient,” it said. According to the statement, Kundan Baitha (21), a resident of West Champaran district in Bihar, was out for some work on January 22 when his bike skidded and he fell on the road. He suffered severe head injury in the accident. Kundan was brought to PGIMER in a critical condition on January 23. However, on January 29, he was declared brain dead by the certification committee at PGIMER, it said. ”But even in this darkest hour and amid their own grief, the grief-stricken father, Narsingh Baitha, showed exceptional courage by consenting to donate the organs of his deceased son,” the statement said.
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